The Dude Man Podcast

The Dudes open the show on Trump’s November 7 Truth Social post offering UFC CEO Dana White the White House press secretary job — calling him a “violent Fighter and Warrior” and suggesting UFC fighters as aides to fight the “Lunatic Left.” The announcement came days after Democrats flipped the House and Senate in the November 3 midterms and while the press secretary slot sat empty following Katie Zacharia’s five-day tenure. Trump later clarified he was “only kidding,” and White publicly declined at a White House appearance, saying he doesn’t want to be in politics. That kicks off a broader conversation...

The Dudes open on Jennifer Welch mocking Charlie Kirk’s death. On the November 5 I’ve Had It episode, Welch and Angie Sullivan laughed at a post saying “We’re digging up Charlie Kirk and doing it again.” After sponsors fled, they apologized and donated to Everytown, though Welch later said the apology “was for us.” That leads to Dave Chappelle’s Madison Square Garden set, where he told the crowd, “Ever since that guy Charlie Kirk got murdered… I feel better,” drawing backlash from Erika Kirk, Elon Musk, and others.

Later, the fellas dissect Scott Galloway calling for Elon Musk’...

The Dudes open on the lost art of listening to music while driving, which leads to a larger conversation about cops driving among the traffic versus clocking drivers from the shoulder.

Later, the fellas dissect Russell Brand’s guilty verdict. A London jury convicted him of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault from incidents between 2004 and 2009 after a four-week trial at Southwark Crown Court. He was acquitted of two other rape charges and later sentenced to 10 years and six months. They break down the unique details surrounding the allegations, which followed a 2023 investigation by...

The Dudes open on Florida holding the red line for conservatives in the midterms. While Democrats swept most of the country, Republicans held the U.S. House delegation at 8 Democrats and 20 Republicans, won the special Senate race with Ashley Moody, and took the governor’s race with Byron Donalds. That leads to a larger conversation about new transgender representatives in the U.S. Congress. Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender member of Congress, won reelection in Delaware. Additional transgender and nonbinary candidates also won state legislative seats in places including Michigan, Washington, and Georgia.

Later, the fellas di...

The Dudes open on the Chicago Bears’ great season being overshadowed by their impending move. The team has been weighing Arlington Heights, a South Side proposal at the former U.S. Steel site, and a potential shift to Hammond, Indiana. Recent reports say they are close to a deal that would keep them in Illinois. That leads to a larger conversation about the Chicago White Sox and the talk of a possible relocation, including older Florida rumors that keep resurfacing.

Later, the fellas dissect the Democrats’ midterm blue wave. On November 3, Democrats flipped seven Republican-held Senate seats, incl...

The Dudes open on their expectations for the midterm elections. One clear story is Abdul El-Sayed’s win in Michigan, making him the first Muslim elected to the U.S. Senate. That turns into the larger conversation about the Pod Save America hosts telling Jews to vote for him. Co-host Jon Lovett said Jews in Michigan have a “moral obligation” to support El-Sayed, arguing that Trump’s rhetoric and rising hatred on the right pose the bigger threat. Exit polls of Jewish early voters in the state showed El-Sayed receiving roughly 57 to 60 percent, well below the support other Democrats on the t...

The Dudes open on Macklemore’s Free Palestine concert series which turns into a larger conversation about the widespread destruction throughout the Gaza Strip. 

Later, the fellas dissect the election results from Israel deciding Bibi Netanyahu’s political future. In the October 27 vote, Netanyahu’s bloc finished with 53 seats, the opposition bloc led by Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar party took 48, and the Arab parties combined for a record 19. Neither side reached the 61 seats needed for a majority. From there it’s the exposed DNC-linked ploy to add a second Dan Sullivan to the Alaska ballot. A New York Times...

The Dudes open on James Talarico’s strange interest in drag queens. When asked at a campaign stop to name his favorite drag queen in Texas, he answered without hesitation: “Oh my gosh. Probably Alyssa Edwards.” Alyssa Edwards is Justin Dwayne Lee Johnson, a performer who has described himself as a drag performer that works with children and owns a dance studio. Talarico has also said Texas produces some of the best drag queens in the nation and previously stated that “God is nonbinary” and that there are six biological sexes. That turns into the larger conversation about the rise of tr...

The Dudes open on worldwide warnings of impending cyber attacks. Recent hits include major banks in South Korea, a $6.3 billion Binance theft the FBI tied to North Korea, and Russia and Ukraine emergency apps that pushed fake nuclear alerts. Experts warn AI tools now let almost anyone become a capable attacker. That turns into the larger conversation about Orthodox Jewish communities receiving tax-supported funding to study full-time instead of work. In Israel, benefits for the Haredi sector have exceeded spending on hospitals and higher education combined, while male employment rates have stayed low under the existing incentives.

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The Dudes open on Barack Obama hitting the midterm campaign trail in the final stretch before November 3. That turns into the larger conversation about the Bush family staying quiet on the sidelines after leaving office. No rallies, no running commentary. The contrast is the point: one former president is still the closer, the other family largely disappeared from the public stage.

Later, the fellas dissect the conservative reaction to the Cheesecake Factory scandal. At a Cleveland rally Obama said Trump has “got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory.” MAGA treated the line as a...

The Dudes open on the image of the laid-back Parisian lifestyle that turns into the longer argument about what rapid immigration has done to French culture. Recent unrest in the banlieues and student protests that spilled into looting put the question back on the table. Trump said Paris is going to be a Muslim city very soon and told Macron to close the borders. Seine-Saint-Denis keeps showing up as the flashpoint.

Later, the fellas break down the effects of uncontrolled immigration across the European Union. Irregular crossings are down from recent peaks, but the politics keep getting...

Frank and Mike open on turning into old guys stuck listening to the same decades of music, which sparks a bigger conversation about the societal need for men to give up consuming porn and what that shift would actually look like.

They deep dive into the legend of the trumpets from King Tut’s tomb—including the stories of their unique sound and the curses tied to the discovery—then break down the upcoming Israeli election that will decide Bibi Netanyahu’s political fate and whether he holds onto power. The fellas close out the show on online r...

Frank and Mike open on rumors Kim Jong Un died of a brain hemorrhage while in China, then dig into a new documentary alleging Lindsey Graham’s male escort escapades and the DOJ investigation into Ilhan Omar allegedly marrying her own brother as part of an immigration fraud scheme.

The dudes break down the documentary’s specific claims about Graham’s alleged activities and walk through the DOJ’s focus on Omar’s alleged family marriage for citizenship purposes, including the reported details around the marriage and the fraud allegations.

They close the show on the Milwau...

Frank and Mike open on the rise of new retro slang and how it’s fueling toxic masculinity, with Nick Fuentes making offensive language popular again.

The conversation digs into why old-school, unfiltered talk is coming back, who’s pushing it, and whether the “toxic masculinity” label is just a way to shut down normal male behavior. From there the fellas break down the Committee of 300 and the claims about its long-running control over banks, media, and world affairs. They also look at Sacha Baron Cohen’s experience working with Marvel Comics, including the behind-the-scenes friction and the storie...

Frank and Mike open by roasting Democrats distancing themselves from socialism ahead of the midterms, which quickly turns into the rise of antisemitism and the odds of a Hitler-like candidate winning the 2028 primary.

They then tear into Hassan Piker dressing up as Mao while explaining the mortgage on his $2.7 million mansion, then break down how communism crushed car production in East Germany during the Cold War.

The fellas close with Kid Rock teaming up with Eminem on a new Christian rock album, the Russell Brand rape case heading to trial this week, and No Kings...

Frank and Mike open by roasting musicians who turn their stages into pro-Palestine rallies — then hit James Hetfield’s viral Las Vegas Sphere moment where he told the crowd Metallica will not use the platform for politics.

The conversation expands into the broader backlash against performers pushing activism mid-set. Later the fellas break down the anti-Israel hecklers who interrupted Jerry Seinfeld’s Chicago show and dig into the phenomenon of white suburban women loudly supporting Middle Eastern causes.

They close with Abdul El-Sayed denying his family has ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, NBC News actually doing...

Frank and Mike open by roasting AOC marrying into political royalty to lock in a 2028 presidential run, which spirals into the Albanian protests that started after Jared Kushner bought an island in the Mediterranean.

They then break down the hero dad with a concealed weapon who stopped the Bend Oregon school shooting and saved lives before police arrived. Next they dissect how TikTok is reshaping modern women’s shopping habits, comparing the app straight to the old QVC network.

The fellas close out talking about the feminist reaction to Shane Gillis’s controversial SNL monologue, the...

Frank and Mike open by roasting AOC marrying into political royalty to lock in a 2028 presidential run, which spirals into the Albanian protests that started after Jared Kushner bought an island in the Mediterranean.

They then break down the hero dad with a concealed weapon who stopped the Bend Oregon school shooting and saved lives before police arrived. Next they dissect how TikTok is reshaping modern women’s shopping habits, comparing the app straight to the old QVC network.

The fellas close out talking about the feminist reaction to Shane Gillis’s controversial SNL monologue, the...

Frank and Mike open by roasting the negative press around Theo Von’s upcoming Netflix special, then dive into the No Kings protest — a grab-bag of every leftist cause you can name, attended almost entirely by boomers.

The conversation expands into non-essential workers skipping non-essential holidays like Columbus Day and a light debate over which holiday is actually the worst. From there the fellas dissect the scattershot topics being protested at the No Kings events and break down the overwhelming boomer demographic filling the crowds.

They close with Ukraine reportedly tanking a U.S.-Russia dies...

The Dudes open on Jeff Bezos’s moon plan. In his October 7 Fox News interview with Bret Baier, Bezos said the U.S. has to beat China and put humans on the moon by 2028 — not a visit-and-leave, but “a real sustainable lunar base.” He’s put $28 billion into Blue Origin. New Glenn targets a December return to flight. That turns into the older argument: if we can barely keep a trailer standing in a Chicago parking lot, how did we plant a flag in 1969?

Later, the fellas dissect the drivers-ed trailer parked in a South Side Chicago high schoo...

The Dudes open on the concert ticket racket — dynamic pricing and the gap between face value and what a seat costs — that turns into John Mellencamp walking off stage in Toledo. Crowd wanted songs. He wanted etiquette and a political detour. He threatened to cut ten songs and left. Same tour he’s been using “Pink Houses” to call the Gulf of America rename a “stupid fucking idea.”

Later, the fellas break down the freakout over Trump’s Nebraska line. At a Grand Island rally he said higher gas prices are a small price for stopping a nuclear Iran: “T...

The Dudes open on Trump’s MAGA Inc. finally unloading the war chest. The super PAC and its affiliates have already spent over $200 million this cycle, with another wave reserved in the final weeks. Focus is on Senate holds in Ohio, Alaska, Iowa, Michigan, and Texas, plus selective House races. No Going Back PAC is doing the heavy lifting. That turns into the theory that some of the same money, or the same interests, are quietly underwriting the rise of DSA-aligned candidates so the general election is a choice between MAGA and open socialists.

Later, the fellas di...

The Dudes open on the Chicago buzz around the Bears–Packers rivalry that turned into a 31-7 Lambeau loss on Sunday. 

Later, the fellas run the Ditka-era tape: Aliquippa to Pitt, the mustache, the temper, the clashes with McMahon and Buddy Ryan, Walter Payton, the Super Bowl Shuffle. From there they break down how legacy media handled the third anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attack. Some outlets ran the massacre — more than 1,200 killed, 251 hostages. Others led with Gaza. Israel held memorials at 6:29 a.m. with an election three weeks away and accountability as the issue. Trump called it a...

The Dudes open on Bob Dylan before he was Bob Dylan. Robert Allen Zimmerman, born May 24, 1941, in Duluth. Father Abe, mother Beatty. Grandparents out of Odessa on one side, Lithuania on the other. Bar mitzvah at Agudas Achim in Hibbing, summers at Herzl Camp. A Christian stretch, then back toward Chabad. That turns into Theo Von’s on-ramp: Theodor Capitani von Kurnatowski III, 19, on MTV’s Road Rules: Maximum Velocity Tour in 2000. Then The Challenge, then This Past Weekend — the chair that now holds Trump, Vance, and the mayor of New York.

Later, the fellas make the case f...

The Dudes open on new music from Chuck Timely — which is Role Model, Tucker Pillsbury, in a time-traveling alter ego. 

Later, the fellas dissect the Fort Dix report on Sean “Diddy” Combs. Inmate 37452-054, 50-month sentence, low-security New Jersey. Four men from his unit told NBC he pays thousands a month into other commissary accounts for cooks, laundry, a made bed, a cleaned shower, and Chinese-style massages. Curry chicken, pizza, empanadas off a stinger. Hennessy the guards allegedly walk in. A contraband phone, nude photos, a jailbroken tablet running the Netflix doc about himself. One line: “This is not so...

The Dudes open on a Survey Center on American Life brief that Frank Luntz blasted out: 66 percent of Democratic women ages 18 to 29 say the problems women face are due “a great deal” to the behavior of men. Same question, Republican women that age: 18 percent. The gap shrinks with age and never closes. Daniel Cox at AEI calls the book Generation Uncoupled. That turns into Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stapling ICE to the anti-AI fight. At a late-September “Students vs. Billionaires” town hall in Ithaca she told the room ICE is Palantir, ICE is facial recognition, and ICE is coming after you regardle...

The Dudes open on Frank’s birthday week, which was supposed to end at Harland Williams. The comic was at Boulder Theater on October 2. Gametime had the seats confirmed. Then the app reneged — tickets that were bought, shown as locked, and gone before the lights went down. That turns into the larger question of who actually owns a ticket once a reseller says you’re in: Gametime, the venue, or the screenshot.

Later, the fellas get into Flydubai FZ1073. Dubai to Tel Aviv, Wednesday, mostly Israeli passengers. The UAE attorney general says co-pilot Hamam al-Hammami, an Omani, used t...

The Dudes open on the neocon case for Ukraine’s dirt. Lithium, titanium, graphite, rare earths — Kyiv has claimed roughly 5 percent of the world’s critical raw materials, a chunk of it already under Russian control. Trump sold the U.S.–Ukraine minerals framework as payback for wartime aid and a reconstruction fund; the fellas ask who actually ends up holding the offtake. That turns into Greenland. On September 22 at the UN, Trump, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, and Greenland’s Jens-Frederik Nielsen signed a security deal amending the 1951 defense treaty. Two bases — Narsarsuaq in the south, Mestersvig on the east coa...

The Dudes open on streamflation: too many apps, too many thumbnails, nothing you actually finish. Households stacking 10-plus services, $70 a month, 39% of Americans canceled something in the last six months. Gen Z rewatches old shows to dodge the scroll. That turns into the darker question — when the feed is this loud, who plants the next story. The guys walk the rumor that a false flag is being teed up to flip public opinion on the Iran war: U.S.–Israel strikes since Feb. 28, polls underwater at home and abroad, Tehran running AI-faked victory clips, Washington still trying to sell a wa...

The Dudes open on the real genesis of Phil Collins’ “In the Air Tonight.” That turns into a larger conversation about how Mike Tyson put the song back in the bloodstream: The Hangover, 2009, air-drumming the fill in a Vegas suite. Rolling Stone called it the moment the fill went immortal. 

Later, the fellas deep-dive a stack of half-forgotten Hollywood titles and land on Michael Douglas in Joel Schumacher’s Falling Down (1993). William “D-FENS” Foster walks off an L.A. freeway in a heat wave and spends one day collecting every petty grievance in the zip code. Robert Duvall as Pre...

The Dudes open on Macklemore announcing a Free Palestine Tour after getting cut from Ed Sheeran’s Loop Tour. MetLife, “Free Palestine,” “Hind’s Hall,” NFL stadiums blinking, openers walking, Sheeran blaming promoters. Ten days later: Dublin 3Arena Oct. 26, Paris Accor Arena the 29th, London’s OVO Arena Wembley the 30th, U.S. dates coming, tickets Sept. 30. Proceeds to Gaza Soup Kitchen, Anera, PCRF, JVP, UNRWA USA and the rest. That turns into the larger argument that Palestine has never existed as a sovereign nation-state — Roman Syria Palaestina, Ottoman provinces, British Mandate passports, Golda Meir in 1969, and Arab leaders in the 1930s cal...

Mike and Frank open the show on why losing weight in Chicago feels impossible — deep-dish, late nights, and a city that treats “just walk more” like a personality. That turns into a bigger rant on groceries sealed in plastic, microplastics, and whether the packaging is doing as much damage as the food.

Later, licensed Chicago plumber Mike walks through the chaos Indian restaurants inflict on pipes, grease traps, and building stacks — the stuff inspectors and landlords never put on the menu. Then the guys break down a new wave of reporting on GLP-1 drugs (Ozempic, Wegovy, semaglutide) and rare...

The Dudes open the show on the sudden lack of chemtrails over Tel Aviv — empty skies that don’t match the usual spray pattern — and that kicks off a larger conversation about Tom Cruise’s American Made, the Barry Seal story Hollywood sold as a wild caper. The real thread is the CIA pipeline: guns south to the Contras, cocaine north from the Medellín cartel, Mena, Arkansas as the hub, and Iran-Contra as the official cleanup name for something much uglier.

Later, the fellas dissect the Hollywood-ization of real operations — how a Cruise vehicle turns gunrunning and coke fl...

The Dudes kick things off with Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump’s growing stack of AI drone bets — Powerus, Unusual Machines, XTEND — and how those companies keep lining up next to Pentagon contracts. That turns into a larger conversation about Ukraine’s record drone swarm on Moscow: hundreds of aircraft, the Kapotnya oil refinery on fire, two dead in the Moscow region, and why long-range cheap drones now matter more than the next fighter jet.

Later, the fellas dissect the Lindsay Clancy mistrial in Plymouth. Holdout juror Michael Péguy Desronvil finally speaks: he says he never had...

The Dudes open the show on what it actually costs to see live music in Colorado—Ticketmaster fees, Ball Arena get-in prices, and whether a night out still makes sense.

Later, the fellas break down the Loop Tour blowup. Macklemore opened for Ed Sheeran at MetLife Stadium (Sept. 4–5), yelled “Free Palestine,” and played “Hind’s Hall.” Patriots owner Robert Kraft barred him from Gillette Stadium, citing recent stage remarks plus a “broader history of antisemitic rhetoric.” Other NFL stadiums followed. Macklemore was cut from the remaining U.S. dates. Then Finneas, Lukas Graham, Aaron Rowe, and Sheeran’s touring band Beoga...

Jake Tapper is suddenly talking like a 9/11 commission on COVID would be a good idea — after years of the same media machine treating lockdowns, school closures, and “overreaction” talk as fringe. The Dudes kick things off with Tapper’s fly-fishing softball with Gavin Newsom, the hindsight tour on beaches, Purell & schools and why a CNN anchor calling for accountability now still sounds a lot like damage control.

Later, the fellas dissect 9/11 families still fighting the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 25 years later: Terry Strada at Ground Zero, the lawsuit that survived a motion to dismiss, 15 of 19 hijackers being Saudi na...

The Dudes kick things off with Jeff Goldblum’s Grandmaster in Thor: Ragnarok—the gold robe, the Sakaar chaos, and why that performance still lives rent-free—then the conversation slams into President Trump’s Friday announcement of a U.S.–Denmark–Greenland Arctic security deal. Trump is calling it “permanent control” over Greenland’s security and “all other needs,” with a ban on adversary bases and sensitive investments and a pledge to build a larger American military footprint on the island. Denmark and Greenland say sovereignty stays put. The fellas unpack the gap between the Truth Social victory lap and the actual treaty...

The Dudes kick it off with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani smiling and hugging it out at the 25th anniversary 9/11 memorial at Ground Zero — while families were still reading the names. Was it a greeting, a laugh, or just another four-second clip the internet turned into a national argument? Mike and Frank walk through the footage, the 110,000-signature petition telling Mamdani to stay home, the Giuliani handshake, and why a solemn ceremony became another DSA culture-war clip.

Later, the fellas dissect Tucker Carlson publicly backing Democratic Michigan Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed over Republican Mi...

Mike and Frank open the show on the fallout from the Lindsay Clancy mistrial in Plymouth, Massachusetts — the Massachusetts nurse accused of strangling her three children, the postpartum-psychosis defense, seven days of deadlock, and the one holdout juror who would not fold. The Dudes walk through what that jury room reportedly looked like: pressure on the lone standout, the judge’s Churchill speech, the failed last-minute appeal, and why a mistrial is not the same thing as an acquittal.

Later, the fellas dissect the Labubu / Pop Mart controversy — China Labor Watch findings at a Jiangxi supplier, underage worker...

The Dudes kick things off with Frank’s trip home to Chicago and the eternal flyer argument: is Midway Airport actually easier than O’Hare? That Chicago airport rant rolls straight into a blow-by-blow on encountering racist TSA workers at Midway.

Later, the fellas dissect AI CEOs suddenly calling for safety measures to dodge a potential AI apocalypse — the same industry building the thing now asking everybody else to hit the brakes.

The guys close the show on BRICS nations talking a unified currency, Middle East tensions juicing diesel prices and AI robot dogs working alongs...